San Marzano2024 ‘Timo’ Vermentino, San Marzano
Puglia, ItalyVintage: 2024
Or as we call it – “The Sunshine Whisperer”
From the sun-drenched coastlines of Salento, this Vermentino radiates southern Italian charm in the glass. Pale straw-yellow with glimmers of green, it opens with citrus zest, ripe peach, and delicate white flowers, lifted by hints of Mediterranean herbs and a faint saline breeze. The palate is bright and refreshing, with layers of citrus and orchard fruit wrapped around a gentle savoury core, finishing clean, mineral, and quietly elegant.
For when: you want summer to linger a little longer, whether you’re on a balcony, a beach, or just wishing you were.
Pairs with: grilled sea bass, linguine alle vongole, or an easy afternoon in good company.
If this wine were a friend, it’d be the one who always finds the sunny table and orders extra oysters for the group.
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Vermentino 100%
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Description
The vines are grown in Brindisi, Salento in Puglia at an elevation of approximately 100 metres above sea-level. The warm climate is tempered by the proximity to the sea and the influence of the strong sea breezes. The wine takes its name ‘Timo’ from the thyme bushes that grow along the rocky shoreline of the Ionian Sea, whose scent fills the air with herbal fragrance of the Mediterranean garrigue known locally as maquis. The vines are planted at a density of 5,000 vines per hectare and are double Guyot trained, which encourages the best expression of the Vermentino variety as the leaves protect the grapes from the high temperatures, allowing them to retain balancing acidity. An integrated protection system has been implemented which monitors the atmospheric conditions and uses targeted copper and sulphur treatments. The vines are grown in shallow, medium textured sandy soils, with soil management techniques of cover crops and green manure being used.
The grapes were destemmed and underwent several hours of skin contact at low temperatures to extract the delicate floral aromas. Gentle pressing then obtained the must which was fermented in stainless steel tanks with selected yeast for between 13 to 15 days at controlled temperatures of 15°C. The wine was aged in stainless steel for five months, to retain the purity of fruit and preserve the varietal profile.
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